Monday, 1 October 2012

Arduino-controlled XBox Live traffic lights

XBox live enthusiast Andrew has created an amazing method of checking if friends are also logged into XBox live using an Ethernet-enabled Arduino hardware and some traffic lights. The Arduino checks via an API every five minutes to see if a particular person(s) is logged on and then shows the playability status using the traffic lights. What a great idea!

Another great example of how an Arduino can be used with something totally unexpected. To recreate this yourself check out Andrew's page. And for more, we're on twitter and Google+, so follow us for news and product updates as well.

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